Elements of Form and Surprise in Beethoven's String Quartet No. 12, in Eb, Op. 127, by Payman Akhlaghi (2005)

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)

Elements of Form and Surprise
In Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 12, Op. 127, in E-Flat Major

Author: Payman Akhlaghi

Academic Research Paper
Toward Degree of Ph.D. in Composition
UCLA, 2005, 26pp.
Advisor: Professor Roger Bourland

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Excerpt:

"....Means of Coherence

Op. 127 is an epitome of Beethovenian organicism. Among the factors that are possibly ‎responsible for the structural stability and formal cohesion of this work, Symmetrical Structures, ‎Motivic, Intervallic and Tonal Relations, besides what can be broadly referred to as Architectural ‎Constructions seem to be most prominent. ‎

To begin, the Maestoso section seems to contain the core of the thematic material for the ‎first movement, and indeed, the entire quartet. The brief examination that follows could make ‎this thesis appear much less far-reaching than it might seem at first.‎

The most prominent feature of the Maestoso is a multi-step reach toward the climax of the ‎phrase – four steps to be exact – which for the sake of simplicity, we shall refer to as the ‎‎‘ascending stairs’ motif. The first violin climbs up the span of a M6 interval, from Eb4 to the ‎upper C5, with two prominent leaps of P4 interval. The Maestoso ‎...." Read the full paper and print for free.

مقالۀ تحقیقی موزیکولوژی و آهنگسازی به زبان انگلیسی

عناصر فرم و شگفتی در کوارتت زهی شمارۀ 12، اپوس 127 در می بمل ماژور
نویسنده: پیمان اخلاقی

به هدف مدرک دکترا در رشتۀ آهنگسازی
سال 2005، دانشگاه ایالتی کالیفرنیا، لس آنجلس (یو سی ال ای)ـ
استاد مشاور: پروفسور راجر بورلاند
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